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More buddy mentors to reduce youth homelessness

A new drive to 'buddy up' young people with positive role models to help prevent youth homelessness is to be...

Date Online: 09/05/2008

Strengthening support for home owners in current market conditions

A new £10 million package of measures to support home owners who may be facing difficulties with their mortgage, is...

Date Online: 09/05/2008

Arson probe after six flee Rochdale house blaze

Six people had to be rescued from a burning house in Rochdale this morning, Friday 9 May 2008.
Police were...

Date Online: 09/05/2008

Row over Kingsway Business Park as hotel chain pulls out

With the news that the De Vere Village Hotel planned for Kingsway Business Park has now fallen through, Rochdale’s Labour...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

Quick, convenient health services on your doorstep

Patients can now get faster and more convenient treatment thanks to the launch of new health services across Heywood, Middleton...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

70 per cent of council streets are cleaner than Rochdale

Seventy per cent of local authority streets are cleaner than Rochdale, according to the latest figures for clean streets in...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

Driving tests to get of a lot tougher

Rochdale's learner drivers could now face tougher tests in a bid to reduce the number of accidents involving novices.
To...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

Knowles in line to take top job

Richard Knowles could take charge of Greater Manchester’s public transport after his party’s strong showing in the local elections.
Saddleworth...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

Home Information Packs benefiting consumers

The Government has announced a package of measures to help ensure consumers are seeing the vital information in Home Information...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

Cameras keep criminals off roads

Designed to keep criminals off the roads, Greater Manchester Police has introduced twelve permanent Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) sites...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

Every parent matters in Rochdale

Parents from across Rochdale will come together at Touchstones Art Gallery in Rochdale on Wednesday 14 May to celebrate their...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

Lambert is new Rochdale MBC Labour leader

Rochdale MBC Labour Group has elected a new leader and deputy leader for the 2008/09 municipal year.
Councillor Colin Lambert...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

Cannabis reclassified as Class B drug

Speaking after the announcement that cannabis is to be reclassified as a Class B drug, Liberal Democrat MEP Chris Davies...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

Deafening silence over former Innes centre

Over the past three months Rochdale Online has reported on the attempts by Christine Arrowsmith to get answers about the...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

Letter from Parliament - Jim Dobbin MP

The local elections have come and gone and there will be no local elections here in Rochdale until 2010. I...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

Springhill Hospice Midnight Walk 2008

After a wonderful first year, Springhill Hospice is delighted to announce its second night time sponsored walk. The event will...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

Chief Constable recruitment process

On Friday May 23, 2008, the recruitment process for Greater Manchester Police’s next Chief Constable will begin. On this date,...

Date Online: 08/05/2008

Heywood New Heart Community Transport

Since its inception in January 2004, Heywood New Heart Community Transport (HNHCT) has gone from strength to strength. In that...

Date Online: 07/05/2008

Search for Heywood's Heroes

The search is back on to find Heywood’s Heroes. Last year’s inaugural awards were a huge success and organisers New...

Date Online: 07/05/2008

Voluntary funding success

Small amounts of funding has proved beneficial to many Heywood organisations over the last few months, assisting community led groups...

Date Online: 07/05/2008

Appeal to trace family - can you help?

Australian resident John Knott is looking for his late sisters family who lived in Rochdale: Clive, Lynn and Sandra Brooks....

Date Online: 07/05/2008

Fire and Rescue Service Statistics

Communities and Local Government published today the Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) Operational Statistics bulletin, which covers operational statistics for...

Date Online: 07/05/2008

A great garden doesn't have to cost the earth!

As residents in Rochdale get their gardens prepared for spring, Recycle Now and Rochdale Borough Council have joined up for...

Date Online: 07/05/2008

Quality Standard for Funding

Local voluntary and community groups are to be given a competitive edge in their increasingly complex hunt for funding thanks...

Date Online: 07/05/2008

Safer strangers, safer buildings

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is helping to launch a new scheme that aims to help children if they get lost...

Date Online: 07/05/2008

Child trafficking alert

The NSPCC is targeting hospitals, ports and transport companies throughout the North West, as part of a national campaign, in...

Date Online: 07/05/2008

Families let down on cheap housing

The need for more cheap housing for rent has been highlighted by figures published by the Liberal Democrats, who have...

Date Online: 07/05/2008

Clear connection between qualifications, jobs & pay

The latest figures published by the New Policy Institute (NPI) show the crucial, clear and continuing connection between educational qualifications...

Date Online: 07/05/2008

Rochdale Online and Oldham Chronicle join forces

Oldham and Rochdale have combined to create a new force in online news and website development.
Rochdale Online, the town’s...

Date Online: 06/05/2008

Smears designed to hide council mistakes, says Danczuk

Rochdale’s Labour Parliamentary Candidate Simon Danczuk, commenting on the links between Sultan Properties and his company, has explained that Vision...

Date Online: 05/05/2008